The Life Cycle of a Painted Turtle

Andrew Hipp

The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, Dec 15, 2001 - Science - 24 pages

Painted turtles are ancient, cold-blooded reptiles that lay eggs and must hibernate through the winters.

Contents

• Spring: 5
• The Nesting Site: 6
• Digging the Nest: 9
• Eggs: 10
• Temperature and Embryos: 13
• Hatching: 14
• Winter in the Nest: 17
• Life in the Water: 18
• Late Summer: 21
• Turtles Turtles Everywhere: 22
• Glossary: 23
• Index: 24

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Life Cycle of a Painted Turtle; The Life Cycles Library; Life cycles library
• Author: Andrew Hipp
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2001
• ISBN: 0823958698, 9780823958696
• Length: 24 pages
• Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / General